Granite City

Granite City was founded March 9, 1896 by German immigrant brothers Frederick and William Niedringhaus. The brothers established the city as a steel manufacturing town that specialized in kitchen utensils.((Flagg, James S., editor, Our 150 Years, 1812-1962. (Edwardsville: East 10 Publishing, 1962.), 61; “History of Granite City: Part III,”Granite City website. Retrieved Dec. 2017.)) By 1900, Granite City had a population of 3,122 people.((Census Reports Volume I: Population Part I (Washington: United States Census Office, 1901), 126.)) As of the 2010 census, Granite City has a population of 29,849.((Illinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 126.))

To access Granite City’s website, follow this link.

For more, see these Oral Histories

• Gale Cuvar Oral History Interview
• Joyce Taff Oral History Interview

Granite City Articles (8 Total)

	East Alton / Wood River School District #14 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson
	Granite City Community Unit School District #9 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson
	Madison Community Unit School District #12 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson
	The National Enameling and Stamping Company (NESCO) July 5, 2017 by Jeff Manuel and James Parrill
	Ron Holland and The Rising Sons August 27, 2018 by Greg Kessler
	Route 66 in Madison County April 9, 2018 by Cheryl Eichar Jett
	Southwestern Illinois Inter-City Baseball League June 4, 2020 by Shannan Mason

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